Cybersecurity Highlights

This section registers the most relevant incidents or public events related to the cybersecurity and information and communication technologies (ICT), in a way that a chronological history of them is available, together with their main links, references and information sources.

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Security incident on Twitter affects several profiles

Twitter has published a thread on its official user support channel in which it has made public a cyber security incident that has affected some accounts on the platform, many of them company...

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twitter.com

bleepingcomputer.com

zdnet.com

xataka.com

elconfidencial.com

genbeta.com

justice.gov

assets.documentcloud.org

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US Police data leak

Thousands of confidential files from more than 200 police departments, training resources and intelligence centers, including police and FBI reports, were released on Friday June 19 by DDoSecrets ...

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krebsonsecurity.com

wired.com

threatpost.com

unaaldia.hispasec.com

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Public administration

Social networks

The Spanish National Police Corps arrest 11 cybercriminals for CEO scam

The Spanish National Police Corps have arrested 11 alleged cybercriminals who have defrauded more than €2,400,000 from companies and individuals from various countries. The crimes attributed to...

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policia.es

20minutos.es

adslzone.net

news.sophos.com

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Arrested a cybercriminal who broke the security of numerous entities

Agents of the Spanish National Police Corps have arrested a cybercriminal, just 16 years old, who, since the end of 2019, has violated the security of numerous public and private entities, both...

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interior.gob.es

policia.es

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Security flaw in TikTok solved

Check Point cybersecurity researchers detected and reported a security flaw in the application of the popular social network TikTok.This flaw could have allowed cybercriminals to take control of...

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checkpoint.com

theverge.com

threatpost.com

globbsecurity.com

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Vulnerability

Thai prison, Lang Suan, victim of a security incident

The Thai prison, Lang Suan, in Chumphon province, has suffered a cyberattack on its video surveillance system (Closed Circuit Television, CCTV) by dumping its video signal on YouTube for several...

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bangkokpost.com

welivesecurity.com

unaaldia.hispasec.com

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Public administration

Social networks

Flipboard suffered a security breach for 9 months

Flipboard has published a communiqué in which it explains that it has identified and solved a security incident that has affected its users' data. They indicate that they detected unauthorized...

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about.flipboard.com

itproportal.com

techradar.com

osi.es

elpais.com

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Incident

Information leakage

Social networks

Facebook accidentally saves passwords in plain text

Facebook has reported that, by mistake, it has been storing its users' passwords in plain text, although it has not provided details of this failure, it has confirmed that both Facebook and...

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newsroom.fb.com

motherboard.vice.com

genbeta.com

welivesecurity.com

unaaldia.hispasec.com

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Incident

Information leakage

Social networks

TikTok application fined for collecting children’s data

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has announced an agreement with the TikTok application (formerly Musical.ly) to pay a $5.7 million fine for violating the Children's Privacy Act because the...

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newsroom.tiktok.com

theverge.com

genbeta.com

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Information leakage

Social networks

An issue in Twitter turn off the option "Protect your Tweets" in some accounts

Twitter, in an official statement, has reported a security flaw that turn off the "Protect your Tweets" option for Android users who had made changes to their account settings, such as the...

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twitter.com

genbeta.com

hispasec.com

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Information leakage

Social networks

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Cybersecurity Highlights

Security incident on Twitter affects several profiles

US Police data leak

The Spanish National Police Corps arrest 11 cybercriminals for CEO scam

Arrested a cybercriminal who broke the security of numerous entities

Security flaw in TikTok solved

Thai prison, Lang Suan, victim of a security incident

Flipboard suffered a security breach for 9 months

Facebook accidentally saves passwords in plain text

TikTok application fined for collecting children’s data

An issue in Twitter turn off the option "Protect your Tweets" in some accounts

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